Kantaro in S.F. - sad news

glenn tsunekawa

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Apr 16, 2003, 8:33:00 AM4/16/03

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According to an article in today's San Francisco Chronicle, Yoshi Taguchi,
one of the partners of Kantaro Sushi, took his own life on April 6. Though
I've never been there, I recall that Kantaro is often mentioned in the
discussion of best San Francisco sushi restaurants. Was Mr. Taguchi one of
the itamae, or did he stay behind the scenes? The relevant section appears
below.

glenn

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/04/16/FD263449.DTL
As we know, many restaurants that depend primarily on the tourist trade have
been hit hard in recent months. Sam Liu, partner in Kantaro Sushi (124 Ellis
St., at Powell Street), reports a discouraging 30-40 percent drop in
business. For his partner, Yoshi Taguchi, the stress may have been too much.

Liu says that financial woes may have contributed to Taguchi's suicide on
April 6. Taguchi leaves his wife, Chuan, and two teenage children.

Liu says the restaurant will continue operating, and hopes that after the
war business will improve. Kantaro is open daily for lunch and dinner.

Dan Logcher

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Apr 16, 2003, 9:24:50 AM4/16/03

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glenn tsunekawa wrote:

> According to an article in today's San Francisco Chronicle, Yoshi Taguchi,
> one of the partners of Kantaro Sushi, took his own life on April 6. Though
> I've never been there, I recall that Kantaro is often mentioned in the
> discussion of best San Francisco sushi restaurants. Was Mr. Taguchi one of
> the itamae, or did he stay behind the scenes? The relevant section appears
> below.

That is sad! He was not an itamae, or at least I never saw him work behind

the bar. He would function behind the scenes near the kitchen/sushi bar
enterence.

My wife and I had a nice conversation with him the last time we were
there. I asked if I could buy a T-Shirt for $10, he gave us two.
I am sorry for their loss, and hope that Kantaro will survive.

--
Dan

Ariane Jenkins

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Apr 16, 2003, 3:25:13 PM4/16/03

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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:24:50 -0400,
Dan Logcher <dlogcher*xspam*@attbi.com> wrote:

> That is sad! He was not an itamae, or at least I never saw him work behind
>
> the bar. He would function behind the scenes near the kitchen/sushi bar
> enterence.
>
> My wife and I had a nice conversation with him the last time we were
> there. I asked if I could buy a T-Shirt for $10, he gave us two.
> I am sorry for their loss, and hope that Kantaro will survive.

How terrible... Erik and I really enjoyed our meals there and I
hadn't realized the drop in tourist trade was that serious. I hope
the restaurant is able to recover both the personal and financial
loss.

Ariane

asmug...@gmail.com

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Jun 14, 2019, 8:29:32 PM6/14/19

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Mr Taguchi was my neighbor in Japan. His parents owned liquor store.

asmug...@gmail.com

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Jun 15, 2019, 4:01:45 AM6/15/19

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Please post his news article.

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